Professor for Information Systems (80 - 100%)
Berner Fachhochschule
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:04 December 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join our Business School as a Professor in digital innovation! Engage in an inspiring environment with fantastic opportunities.
Tasks
- Conduct research on digital transformation, especially in AI.
- Manage third-party-funded projects from concept to execution.
- Create innovative teaching programs focused on digitalization.
Skills
- PhD in relevant fields like informatics or business administration.
- Experience in acquiring and managing research projects.
- Fluent communication skills in German and English.
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What you'll be doing here
- Research and knowledge transfer in the fields of digital innovation and transformation, particularly in the context of AI, through research, publications, and practical projects
- Independent acquisition and management of third-party-funded research and service projects in the field of digitalization - from idea development to successful implementation
- Designing innovative teaching and continuing education programs in the field of digitalization, with a focus on future-oriented, practical formats
- Strategic co-design and positioning of the Institute for Digital Technology Management through development of new topics, network building, and institutional cooperations
* The title of Professor may be used if the requirements set out in the BFH Staff Regulations are met.
What you'll bring with you
- PhD/Doctorate in information systems, business administration, informatics, or a comparable field relevant to digitalization and technology management
- Proven experience in successfully acquiring and managing research projects, combined with a network of relevant stakeholders from academia, business, and society
- Teaching experience at universities, ideally with a focus on digitalization or related topics, as well as a willingness to develop innovative teaching formats
- Professional experience or experience in practical research desirable
- Excellent communication skills in German and English, both written and oral, with the ability to prepare complex content in a way that is appropriate for the target audience; additional foreign languages are an advantage
To start with, here are some of our strong points
- Plenty of contact with eager young people from all over the world who are set on achieving things.
- Great freedom in work organisation with lots of leeway for your ideas, your creativity and decisiveness.
- Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.
- An agreeable atmosphere and a good team spirit.
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Cédric Schmid
HR Berater
P +41 31 848 67 69
Business School
In the Business School , we offer an education with a clear practical emphasis for the digital change-makers of the future in the economy and society. Content we love to engage with includes topics such as New Work, digital business or public sector transformation.
